Epidural verapamil reduces analgesic consumption after lower abdominal surgery

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 786-790

  Choe, Huhn ^a   Kim, Jin Song ^a   Ko, Seong Hoon ^a   Kim, Dong Chan ^a   Han, Young Jin ^a   Song, He Sun ^a  

^a Chonbuk National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; VERAPAMIL;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AFFECT; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANALGESICS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONSCIOUSNESS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PREMEDICATION; SENSATION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPINAL CORD; VERAPAMIL;

EID: 0031956669     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199804000-00020     Document Type: Article

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